Chandigarh, February 19
Undeterred by the drubbing it suffered in the civic bodies elections, state BJP president Ashwani Sharma today said the party would contest Assembly elections on its own next year.
On impact of farm laws in the elections, Sharma said parties like the Akalis and AAP which supported the farmer protest against the laws have also suffered in the polls.
He refused to react to statement by BJP Union Minister Som Parkash yesterday that resentment against farm laws cost the BJP in the civic polls.
The state BJP chief blamed the misuse of official machinery by the Congress to manipulate the poll results. “The fact that we were able to put up 1052 candidates shows we can contest alone in 2022. He insisted that dialogue between farm leaders and centre government was the only way forward,” he said. — TNS
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